"Mom, I actually spoke to one of them!!Can you believe it?"I asked as we sat at the table and attended to our work.
"Of course I can, baby.I knew you would like at least one of them.Which one was it?Let me guess - Jahseh Onfroy?"She laughed as she cooed his name at me.
"He's very cute, but no.Its Stokeley.He seems like a really great guy."I said, in awe.
"Oh, I'm surprised.I didn't think that you would like him, but who am I to judge?I'm just glad that you're happy.He's got you glowing already."My mom teased.I smiled and shook my head.
"He's different.I can feel it."He didn't seem like most guys that I talked to.He was something that every other guy wasn't.
My thoughts were interrupted by my phone ringing.I looked down to see Stokeley calling me.I smiled and jumped in my seat.
"I'll be back, Mom."I kissed her forehead & ran upstairs, to into my room.I shut the door and answered.
"Hello?"I answered, a little out of breathe.
"What's up, beautiful?It took you long enough to answer."I smiled at my phone as he spoke.
"I was busy.I have a life outside of school, you know?"I laughed a little.
"Aight, I hear you.What you doing now?"Stokeley answered, readjusting himself on his bed.
"Nothing now, I'm just going to be studying for the rest of the night.Why do you ask?"I replied out of curiosity.
"I wanted you to come to this party with me and my boys.You can bring your girls if you want."I thought about it.My anxiety was starting to take over.
"I don't know, Stokeley.I'm not really the partying type."
"Come on, please?I'm gonna be there the entire time.I won't let anything happen to you, I promise you."I looked at Stokeley and then down at my finger nails.
"I'll ask my girls if they wanna go and then I'll get back to you."I already knew that they were going to say yes, but I didn't just want to agree on the spot.
"Alright, you better call me back as soon as they give you an answer."
"And if I don't?"I loved doing that to him.
"You love testing me, don't you?"He replied, laughing a little.
"It's fun."I laughed as I said that.
"Whatever, just call me back, okay?"
"Okay, Stokeley, bye."I waved at the camera.
"Bye, beautiful."Stokeley hung up and I smiled to myself a little longer.
I couldn't believe that he thought that I was beautiful.It made me feel special.I group FaceTimed my girls to see what they were going to say.
"What's good, y'all?"Maria answered as we got on the call.
"Nothing much, I'm just reading my newest novel that I got from Books - A - Million."Laila said while skimming through a book.
"I just got off the phone with Stokeley."Maria and Laila looked at their cameras and starting screaming.
"Give us all of the details."Maria said, sitting up on her bed.
"He wanted to know if I wanted to go to this party with him tonight.He said you guys could come."
"Bitch, we're going, without question."Laila said, getting up and grabbing her phone.
"Let me go and get ready.We're going to be there around 8 to pick you up, be ready, girl."Maria said, getting up, as well.
"Alright, bye, you guys."I said before hanging up.They said bye back and hung up.
I called Stokeley back and he answered instantly.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Stokeley, we're going."I said, timidly.
"Good...what's wrong?I sense something."I furrowed my eyebrows and picked my phone up.
"Nothing, what do you mean by 'you sense something'?"
"Nothing, nevermind.I'll see you there, bye, beautiful."He hung up and left me there utterly confused.
I shrugged it off and got dressed.I was going to find out what he meant by that.
